Big Razorback Island
Erebus Bay is a bay about 13 nautical miles wide between Cape Evans and Hut Point Peninsula, on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica.Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Razorback Island and Tent Island.
Little Razorback Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Erebus Bay is a bay about 13 nautical miles wide between Cape Evans and Hut Point Peninsula, on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica.
Tent Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Erebus Bay is a bay about 13 nautical miles wide between Cape Evans and Hut Point Peninsula, on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica. Tent Island is situated 3 km west of Big Razorback Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include World Park Base and Pakaru Icefalls.
World Park Base
Locality
World Park Base was a non-governmental year-round Antarctic base located at Cape Evans on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency. It was the only non-government Antarctic base. World Park Base is situated 6 km north of Big Razorback Island.
Pakaru Icefalls
Locality
Cape Evans is a rocky cape on the west side of Ross Island, Antarctica, forming the north side of the entrance to Erebus Bay. Pakaru Icefalls is situated 8 km northeast of Big Razorback Island.
Big Razorback Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.68162° or 77° 40′ 54″ southLongitude
166.51017° or 166° 30′ 37″ eastOpen location code
2VJ88G96+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 176754449OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Big Razorback Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Big Razorback Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Razorback Island”
- Chinese: “大拉澤巴克島”
- German: “Big Razorback Island”
- German: “Big Razorback”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Big Razorback Island”
- Swedish: “Big Razorback Island”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Big Razorback and The Turret.
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